Halloween Fun at Elizabeth House Care Home in Bury Throughout October at Elizabeth House Care Home in Bury, we have spent lots of time preparing for Halloween. It has been great fun and has been enjoyed by all. We are sending lots of love and wishes to our loved ones, we are missing you dearly [...]
Covid-19 Update Sept 20 Given the recent rise in Covid-19 and the increase in cases in the local area, I have made the decision to place Axbridge Court in lockdown. This will mean that all ‘Social Distance Visits’ to the home will be cancelled until further notice. I have made this decision based on the [...]
Shakespeare at Axbridge Court Residential Care Home in Axbridge in Somerset ‘Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date' William Shakespeare wrote these thoughts as part of his Sonnet 18, [...]
May in bloom With Spring has come the time for gardening and planting, with everything in our garden being reborn. We have been very busy over the last couple of weeks to make our garden more attractive. The Home Manager and her daughter have worked very hard cleaning up walking areas and planting flowers, and [...]
Garden celebration for VE Day We were blessed with the most beautiful sunny weather with which to remember World War II’s Victory in Europe Day of 8 May 1945. Although we have been unable to hire outside entertainers recently due to the coronavirus precautions, it was possible to do so for this event as it [...]
“BRING ME SUNSHINE” Yes, we all know this cheerful song performed for so many years by the wonderful Morecambe and Wise, and singing it on a beautiful sunny day sitting in the garden, with a cup of tea or coffee to hand, gives joy that we all need under the hard circumstances of the coronavirus [...]
There are lots of exciting updates in this month's Care Home Activities News from Axbridge Court Nursing Home! Spring is nearly sprung March is in bloom, and all the lovely colours are beginning to appear, notably the beautiful purples, pinks and creams of the magnolias. A much-needed tonic in difficult times and good for the [...]
Perhaps it’s the spring winds looming around the corner that is making our residents show more of an interest in art and Susannah Crook. Susannah is an artist from Weston-Super-Mare who came along on the 4th of March to teach us more about the tricks of creative art and how we can express our thoughts [...]
Valentine’s activities It was time for loving memories as Valentine’s Day came upon us this month, so we marked the occasion with some suitably thought-provoking activities. Residents were encouraged to reflect happily about the loves of their lives, whether in the past or active today, and to remember the magical feelings that come with closeness [...]
Usual Activities In recent weeks we have continued with our usual activities – but a really inspiring one is turning out to be the Map Game. Every week residents gather to be challenged by a series of clues that lead to the identification of one of the world’s 195 countries! Imaginations and memory Short videos, [...]
